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New Member
posted Apr 13, 2024 7:50:01 AM

If me and my boyfriend bought a new car, but it's only in his make, can we both file it on our taxes?

We are doing taxes now, and didn't know if we can both put the new car

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Level 15
Apr 13, 2024 8:02:51 AM

What is it about a car that you are trying to enter?   Unless this is a vehicle used for business ---what are you trying to do with the car?

New Member
Apr 13, 2024 8:04:05 AM

It is just our own personal car.

 

Level 15
Apr 13, 2024 8:18:11 AM

If the car is in only one of your names the person on the title can enter sales tax that was paid.   That will not make any difference in tax due or a refund unless you have enough other itemized deductions to exceed the standard deduction--like mortgage interest.  

 

 

SALES TAX

You can enter the sales tax you paid for the car you purchased in 2023 by going to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid> Sales Tax.  You will be asked if you paid sales tax on a major purchase, and you will be able to enter the sales tax you paid for your new vehicle. 

 

Sales tax is an itemized deduction.  Unless you have enough other itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction the sales tax will have no effect on your tax due or refund.

 

“Major purchases” that you can enter for the sales tax deduction include:

Motor Vehicles (cars, trucks, motor homes, RV’s, sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles

Aircraft or boats

Mobile homes

Manufactured housing

Building materials for major home improvements

You cannot deduct: furniture, jewelry, home electronics such as TV’s or computers

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901222-which-deduction-should-i-choose-sales-tax-or-income-tax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2566624-how-much-sales-tax-did-i-pay-last-year

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3148443-how-do-you-define-major-purchase-or-major-item-for-the-sales-tax-deduction

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900791-how-do-i-find-my-local-sales-tax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2566624-how-much-sales-tax-did-i-pay-last-year

 

 

States with no sales tax:  Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon

 

 

Expert Alumni
Apr 13, 2024 8:20:19 AM

The only deductible thing for a personal car is the sales tax you may have paid (goes on Schedule A as an Itemized Deduction.

 

I don't know what "it's only his make" means, but the person who has the title to the car gets to deduct any taxes.